Arethuseae

Arethuseae
Coelogyne nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Lindl., Orchid. Scelet. 7, 10. (1826)
Subtribes[1]
Synonyms
  • Glomereae Pfitzer (1887) as Glomerinae Entw. Nat. Anordn. Orch., 101 (1887)

Arethuseae is a mid-sized tribe of orchids in the subfamily Epidendroideae. This tribe was initially categorized by John Lindley in 1840. Its largest subtribes are Arethusinae and Coelogyninae.

Bletiinae was once considered a subtribe of Arethuseae, but it was moved to Epidendreae in 2005.[2] Sobraliinae has been considered a subtribe of Arethuseae, but is now recognized at the rank of tribe within the subfamily Epidendroideae. The genus Thunia has been considered to be the only genus in the subtribe Thuniinae, but is now included in the subtribe Coelogyninae.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ChaseCameron2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ C. Van den Berg "Artificial key to the subtribes of Epidendreae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 164. Oxford University Press, 2005